A strange thing has happened.....

[Allifunn]

for some reason my direct TV satellite will not pick up HGTV... But I can get the food network...so I have been watching food shows all week. I have printed at least 40 recipes....
Last night I cooked Spicy Asian BBQ chicken with Asian style slaw and took it over to Newfiegirl's house...it was really good!

Tonight I am making Grilled Tilapia with mango habanero BBQ sauce and cumin-lime green beans.....I love being off for the summer...I get to cook all the funn foods that I print out all year!
I can't wait to be in SoWal for the summer....dinner parties!!!!!

[DuneAHH]

Sounds DEE-LISH (don't know how to do that licking smiley that Audie has)!! I'm addicted to the food channel, but haven't tried anything Asian yet. Have you needed alot of specialty ingredients?

[NoHall]

Y'all need to check the thread "Is tv destroying us?"

[Hop]

Y'all need to check the thread "Is tv destroying us?"

does food network count as TV???

[NoHall]

does food network count as TV???

Yes. And so does YouTube!

[Allifunn]

If food network is destroying us...then I can't think of a more delicious way to go!
No Dune-ahhh not too many ingredients. When I went shopping yesterday...the check out guy swore I was a vegetarian...I bought so many veggies!
I'll cook for you when I am down there in July!!! (pork chops on the grill..... )

[Mango]

Tonight I am making Grilled Tilapia with mango habanero BBQ sauce and cumin-lime green beans.....I love being off for the summer...I get to cook all the funn foods that I print out all year!
I can't wait to be in SoWal for the summer....dinner parties!!!!!

Mango, yummy.
I made Tilapia last night, but I cooked it with Chef Prudhommes Blackening magic, tossed it in angel hair with diced tomatoes, garlic, onions, mild peppers and a little olive oil. I hate Tilapia.
Enjoy!

[Allifunn]

Mango, yummy.
I made Tilapia last night, but I cooked it with Chef Prudhommes Blackening magic, tossed it in angel hair with diced tomatoes, garlic, onions, mild peppers and a little olive oil. I hate Tilapia.
Enjoy!

yum!
My tilapia had some definite heat due to the habaneros...but it was delightful!

[DuneAHH]

If food network is destroying us...then I can't think of a more delicious way to go!
No Dune-ahhh not too many ingredients. When I went shopping yesterday...the check out guy swore I was a vegetarian...I bought so many veggies!
I'll cook for you when I am down there in July!!! (pork chops on the grill..... )

You're ON gullfriend...I'll be holdin' ya to it !!
If TV kills me....I'll go w/ a smile on my face lickin' my chops !!!

Shoot!! RE: the thread is TV killing us....I grew up in the day when we only had 3 channels & it all came down to Lawrence Welk & Gunsmoke on Saturday nights and Bonanza on Sunday nights!! As kids, we thought Sunday nights were total "MAYHEM" cuz we got to watch Bonanza on TV while EATING on TV TRAYS while we sipped our ONCE weekly allotted (soda) pop (Pepsi) ...guess on Sunday nights my Dad got to be a kid too...he's the only man I've ever known that thinks POPCORN is an damned entree!!! That's what we had for SUPPER on Sunday nights (does anyone else remember the country difference b'tween supper & dinner PLUS the winter / summer nuances???!!!

[Beach Runner]

for some reason my direct TV satellite will not pick up HGTV... But I can get the food network...so I have been watching food shows all week. I have printed at least 40 recipes....
Last night I cooked Spicy Asian BBQ chicken with Asian style slaw and took it over to Newfiegirl's house...it was really good!

Tonight I am making Grilled Tilapia with mango habanero BBQ sauce and cumin-lime green beans.....I love being off for the summer...I get to cook all the funn foods that I print out all year!
I can't wait to be in SoWal for the summer....dinner parties!!!!!

Whose recipes are they? They really sound excellent. Ina and Giada are my favorites on FN, BTW.

I've got to start watching Food Network to get my summer cookin' on now that I don't have to work until September. YEE-HAW! Got a Cuisinart Griddler for Mother's Day -- gotta take it out for a spin. Maybe last summer's chipotle chicken? Also, now I have time to pull out the big grill pan and do some grilled veggies and chicken. And then there's the stovetop smoker that we bought after attending a cooking class -- yum, the wood-smoking produces some intensely-flavored meats.

Tomorrow night I'm doing Beach Jacket's basil/tomato/pasta recipe with shrimp that we brought back from the beach on Sunday. Excellent!

[DD]

You're ON gullfriend...I'll be holdin' ya to it !!
If TV kills me....I'll go w/ a smile on my face lickin' my chops !!!

Shoot!! RE: the thread is TV killing us....I grew up in the day when we only had 3 channels & it all came down to Lawrence Welk & Gunsmoke on Saturday nights and Bonanza on Sunday nights!! As kids, we thought Sunday nights were total "MAYHEM" cuz we got to watch Bonanza on TV while EATING on TV TRAYS while we sipped our ONCE weekly allotted (soda) pop (Pepsi) ...guess on Sunday nights my Dad got to be a kid too...he's the only man I've ever known that thinks POPCORN is an damned entree!!! That's what we had for SUPPER on Sunday nights (does anyone else remember the country difference b'tween supper & dinner PLUS the winter / summer nuances???!!!

OMG!! Did you grow up in my neighborhood? I sooooo remember all this!!!!

Allifunn--Emeril did that Mango/Habanero salsa, right? I think I heard this during a nap.

[DuneAHH]

Do anybody cook Indian??? I LOVE Indian food ... Although I'm really a dyed in the wool carnivore...ooo-whee!!.....Indian....the only cuisine I could ever fathom going vegetarian with....the effects of the dry roasted spices ....YuMMM.

I want to learn about Indian clay pot cooking...I figure when I get too old to actually get on a plane & go to New Delhi...maybe I'll just be able to conjure it up in my kitchen!!!

India and Italy....aside from America these are my 2 favorite places in the world (so far).

[DuneAHH]

[QUOTE=destindreamin;245744]OMG!! Did you grow up in my neighborhood? I sooooo remember all this!!!!

DD!!!! U must have grown up on a DAIRY FARM in KANSAS (or mebbe a W.Texas ranch?? )... MILES from your nearest neighbor??? I grew up SOOOO country...when we got out of school in the spring...we didn't see any other kids besides "our own selves" until school "re-commenced (a Grandpa term) after silo-fillin' .!!! Silo-fillin' time AKA 'round 'bout "Labor Day" give-er-take-a rain-er-2!!
But I just gotta know....did your parents also consider Oyster Soup (disgusting: hot milk w/ grody canned oysters & a pat of butter ) every Saturday night a Livin' Large after the depression TREAT??? BLICKK!!!

[Mango]

Do anybody cook Indian??? I LOVE Indian food ... Although I'm really a dyed in the wool carnivore...ooo-whee!!.....Indian....the only cuisine I could ever fathom going vegetarian with....the effects of the dry roasted spices ....YuMMM.

I want to learn about Indian clay pot cooking...I figure when I get too old to actually get on a plane & go to New Delhi...maybe I'll just be able to conjure it up in my kitchen!!!

India and Italy....aside from America these are my 2 favorite places in the world (so far).

I do now because a close Indian friend taught me some things, and Indian food is one of my favs, but I don't cook it that often since it is VERY time consuming and yes, I could go strictly veggie if it was Indian food.

I could eat rice pudding day and night too.
Matter of fact, we always ate that first, and then if there was room, we ate dinner. and my girlfriend would make me a gallon or so for a partay and I would horde it and eat it for breakfast, lunch and dinner the next day or two, until of course, someone pointed it might be getting sour.

But it took me a long time before I got over my Indian food fear when a college roommate woke me up from a hangover with her cooking, and I stumbled into the kitchen knocking over things looking for a fire extinguisher because I thought the apt. was on fire!
Then she invited me to her house to visit her family and they served me something I couldn't name, I couldn't swallow either, and then after about 15 minutes when they thought I would explode from the flames in my head, they threw a large dollop of yogurt over it to tone it down.

Depends on the province in India how spicy the food can get, and even my Indian friend said he couldn't eat dishes from certain provinces.

Planned on going to India with my girlfriend after visiting family in Holland, but we had to come back home unexpectedly, but was looking forward to going to Jaipur with her.

[Allifunn]

Whose recipes are they? They really sound excellent. Ina and Giada are my favorites on FN, BTW.

I've got to start watching Food Network to get my summer cookin' on now that I don't have to work until September. (Beware BR...I have been watching it non stop and have printed at least 40 recipes...I see the show and rush to the computer to print... )

They are Emril's...Fish with Mango Habanero and the Asian Style Chicken BBQ....both from the same show

Allifunn--Emeril did that Mango/Habanero salsa, right? I think I heard this during a nap.

yep!

Do anybody cook Indian???

I have to say that Indian food is not my favorite...I prefer Thai for heat. In my experience (and it is limited I'll admit...I have only been to 2 Indian buffets) but the food all had the same taste, the same flavor and the same amount of heat. It all tasted bitter and very little flavor except heat. No nuiances of varing flavors at all....

[ShallowsNole]

does anyone else remember the country difference b'tween supper & dinner PLUS the winter / summer nuances???!!!

Don't know winter/summer, but north of DeFuniak the supper/dinner aspect of meal timing often comes into play. In ShallowsFuzz's grandparents' home, dinner was the big meal of the day, and it was served at noon. High noon. Always at noon. Even on Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas.

[Teresa]

I have to say that Indian food is not my favorite...I prefer Thai for heat. In my experience (and it is limited I'll admit...I have only been to 2 Indian buffets) but the food all had the same taste, the same flavor and the same amount of heat. It all tasted bitter and very little flavor except heat. No nuiances of varing flavors at all....

same here ali. gimme thai. but, I think I've never had really good Indian, just the buffet stuff that was not very appealing. my BF LekintaAnn says there is a wonderful Indian restaurant in Tuscaloosa that she just loves.

[Allifunn]

same here ali. gimme thai. but, I think I've never had really good Indian, just the buffet stuff that was not very appealing. my BF LekintaAnn says there is a wonderful Indian restaurant in Tuscaloosa that she just loves.

I am always open for rethinking my culinary opinions! It probably was the buffet syndrome..too much of the same thing...cooked in bulk!

[Mango]

same here ali. gimme thai. but, I think I've never had really good Indian, just the buffet stuff that was not very appealing. my BF LekintaAnn says there is a wonderful Indian restaurant in Tuscaloosa that she just loves.

I am always open for rethinking my culinary opinions! It probably was the buffet syndrome..too much of the same thing...cooked in bulk!

Next time y'all are in New York I'll take you to an Indian Restaurant, and you'll say Thai what?

[Allifunn]

Next time y'all are in New York I'll take you to an Indian Restaurant, and you'll say Thai what?

DEAL!

[DD]

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OMG!! Did you grow up in my neighborhood? I sooooo remember all this!!!!

DD!!!! U must have grown up on a DAIRY FARM in KANSAS (or mebbe a W.Texas ranch?? )... MILES from your nearest neighbor??? I grew up SOOOO country...when we got out of school in the spring...we didn't see any other kids besides "our own selves" until school "re-commenced (a Grandpa term) after silo-fillin' .!!! Silo-fillin' time AKA 'round 'bout "Labor Day" give-er-take-a rain-er-2!!
But I just gotta know....did your parents also consider Oyster Soup (disgusting: hot milk w/ grody canned oysters & a pat of butter ) every Saturday night a Livin' Large after the depression TREAT??? BLICKK!!!

West Texas when I was real little. Not a ranch, in town, but so much of what you said brought back a lot of memories!! Never had the Oyster Soup, but I did have to eat liver every week FOR SUPPER and every week I threw up afterward. My grandmother finally let me stop eating it when I was about 12.

[DuneAHH]

Mango which Indian restaurant in NY is your fav? I lived in NYC for 8yrs (on W.85th b/tween Columbus & CPW) and used to go to a fabulous place for northern Indian / Tandoori; that has since closed. The name escapes me...it started w/ a B. (too many years ago!) Then I started going to Dawat...but never thought it was quite as good as the other one.

Taj was a pretty good Indian restaurant in Lynn Haven...but it's closed now. A girlfriend tells me there is a good new Indian place somewhere around DT Panama City. But DON"T go to the one in Destin next to the Pier 1....yucky.

[DuneAHH]

[QUOTE=destindreamin;246121]

West Texas when I was real little. Not a ranch, in town, but so much of what you said brought back a lot of memories!! Never had the Oyster Soup, but I did have to eat liver every week FOR SUPPER and every week I threw up afterward. My grandmother finally let me stop eating it when I was about 12.

My parents used to make us eat organ meats too (brain, tongue, heart...but LIVER is the WORST). Me & the Sibs used to have to sit at the table for HOURS passing around the ketchup bottle. We had one of those formica top tables w/ the tubular aluminum legs...my sister would shove little pieces of liver down those table legs! When Mom put a stop to stuffed table legs & finally forced Sis to eat the liver ... she promptly puked everywhere & we never had to eat it again. We were like "Dang Sis...couldn't you have blown your cookies like ... 5 YEARS AGO??"

[Miss Kitty]

...Dune-Ahh, that was too funny!!!

[DuneAHH]

Don't know winter/summer, but north of DeFuniak the supper/dinner aspect of meal timing often comes into play. In ShallowsFuzz's grandparents' home, dinner was the big meal of the day, and it was served at noon. High noon. Always at noon. Even on Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Yep! Dinner was the big meal at NOON! Supper was always simple & light...soup in the winter & veggies in the summer. Depending on what was ripening on any given week in summer... we might ONLY have mounds & mounds of corn on the cob for supper...or JUST tomatoes & bread.

When I started eating Dinner at night I got fat!!!

[DD]

[quote=Dune-AHH;246129]

My parents used to make us eat organ meats too (brain, tongue, heart...but LIVER is the WORST). Me & the Sibs used to have to sit at the table for HOURS passing around the ketchup bottle. We had one of those formica top tables w/ the tubular aluminum legs...my sister would shove little pieces of liver down those table legs! When Mom put a stop to stuffed table legs & finally forced Sis to eat the liver ... she promptly puked everywhere & we never had to eat it again. We were like "Dang Sis...couldn't you have blown your cookies like ... 5 YEARS AGO??"

Table legs!!! Too funny!!!

Yep! Dinner was the big meal at NOON! Supper was always simple & light...soup in the winter & veggies in the summer. Depending on what was ripening on any given week in summer... we might ONLY have mounds & mounds of corn on the cob for supper...or JUST tomatoes & bread.

When I started eating Dinner at night I got fat!!!

Yeah, no kiddin!!! We had tons of veggies from the garden. Loved fresh tomatoes and cucumbers. I used to be a vegetarian when I was a kid...pretty much. Used to order a hamburger (on the rare occasion I got to order one) without the meat. I was skinny as a rail When I started eatin' meat, I got fat. Well, havin' kids had a little to do with it--that and then menopause and alcohol!

[Sheila]

[quote=destindreamin;



Yeah, no kiddin!!! We had tons of veggies from the garden. Loved fresh tomatoes and cucumbers. I used to be a vegetarian when I was a kid...pretty much. Used to order a hamburger (on the rare occasion I got to order one) without the meat. I was skinny as a rail When I started eatin' meat, I got fat. Well, havin' kids had a little to do with it--that and then menopause and alcohol![/quote]

Same here DD. I adored veggies of all varieties. My Nanny lived with us and would make the most wonderful vegetable soup and her potato soup was to die for. When I was pregnant with Fu-Bar I woke up craving her veggie soup. I tried to forget about it. No way! I had to have some. I hopped.....waddled to the car drove 2 hours to get to my folks house. No one home and me without a key to get in!!!!!! I would not be denied! I popped off a screen, climbed on a lawn chair, popped a window open and somehow managed to get in without killing myself and Fu-Bar in the process.

When they came home I was fast asleep at the kitchen table with a spoon in my hand, a smile on my face and a huge empty bowl in front of me.

As a side note.......Fu-bar hated veggies and thinks mac and cheese qualifies as a substitute. Go figure.

[DuneAHH]

Yeah my sister's a GAS! Every time we see one of those old style tables we wet our pants 'cuz we're convinced the legs are chocked full of fossilized liver tidbits!

[DD]

Same here DD. I adored veggies of all varieties. My Nanny lived with us and would make the most wonderful vegetable soup and her potato soup was to die for. When I was pregnant with Fu-Bar I woke up craving her veggie soup. I tried to forget about it. No way! I had to have some. I hopped.....waddled to the car drove 2 hours to get to my folks house. No one home and me without a key to get in!!!!!! I would not be denied! I popped off a screen, climbed on a lawn chair, popped a window open and somehow managed to get in without killing myself and Fu-Bar in the process.

When they came home I was fast asleep at the kitchen table with a spoon in my hand, a smile on my face and a huge empty bowl in front of me.

As a side note.......Fu-bar hated veggies and thinks mac and cheese qualifies as a substitute. Go figure.

Awwwww....love this story!!!

[DuneAHH]

Same here DD. I adored veggies of all varieties. My Nanny lived with us and would make the most wonderful vegetable soup and her potato soup was to die for. When I was pregnant with Fu-Bar I woke up craving her veggie soup. I tried to forget about it. No way! I had to have some. I hopped.....waddled to the car drove 2 hours to get to my folks house. No one home and me without a key to get in!!!!!! I would not be denied! I popped off a screen, climbed on a lawn chair, popped a window open and somehow managed to get in without killing myself and Fu-Bar in the process.

When they came home I was fast asleep at the kitchen table with a spoon in my hand, a smile on my face and a huge empty bowl in front of me.

As a side note.......Fu-bar hated veggies and thinks mac and cheese qualifies as a substitute. Go figure.

OMG!! TOO funny! This would make a great Food Channel TV show..."CRAVINGS!! HOW FAR WILL YOU GO??"

[DD]

OMG!! TOO funny! This would make a great Food Channel TV show..."CRAVINGS!! HOW FAR WILL YOU GO??"

Brilliant!!! But only gttbm could host it....

[Sheila]

Brilliant!!! But only gttbm could host it....

As long as I dont have to reenact the aforementioned craving gone wild! I haven't shimmied through a window in quite sometime!

[DD]

As long as I dont have to reenact the aforementioned craving gone wild! I haven't shimmied through a window in quite sometime!

You could be the host and Miss Kitty could do the re-enactment. She's pretty good at shimmying. Then they could do other people's stories and we could elect the "actors" from SoWal--based on the story and thier particular talents.

[Ocean Lover]

Good stories. Reminds me of my sis, she was the pickiest eater. She would have to sit at the table for hours before my mom would let her up. She started bringing her book bag to the dinner table with her. One day when mom was cleaning out the closet, sis's book bag fell off the top shelf and dried lima beans spilled out. Of course she got wise after that and sis found new ways of hiding the hated foods.

[Mango]

Mango which Indian restaurant in NY is your fav? I lived in NYC for 8yrs (on W.85th b/tween Columbus & CPW) and used to go to a fabulous place for northern Indian / Tandoori; that has since closed. The name escapes me...it started w/ a B. (too many years ago!) Then I started going to Dawat...but never thought it was quite as good as the other one.

Bengal Tiger, not in NYC, but rated top in New York. They have an Indian Man who looks like a statue who stands outside with a turban on who opens the door. Best lunch buffett, and in July/Aug the best Mango chicken.

[quote=Dune-AHH;246129]

My parents used to make us eat organ meats too (brain, tongue, heart...but LIVER is the WORST). Me & the Sibs used to have to sit at the table for HOURS passing around the ketchup bottle. We had one of those formica top tables w/ the tubular aluminum legs...my sister would shove little pieces of liver down those table legs! When Mom put a stop to stuffed table legs & finally forced Sis to eat the liver ... she promptly puked everywhere & we never had to eat it again. We were like "Dang Sis...couldn't you have blown your cookies like ... 5 YEARS AGO??"

Yeah my sister's a GAS! Every time we see one of those old style tables we wet our pants 'cuz we're convinced the legs are chocked full of fossilized liver tidbits!

I had to eat that stuff too. and pigs feet and blood sausages. (but I actually liked the blood sausages, but didn't let on, so when it came time to eat the other non foods, I had an edge.
My parents used to smother everything with bacon, but grease doesn't help too much to help it all slide down the throat.

[DuneAHH]

Good stories. Reminds me of my sis, she was the pickiest eater. She would have to sit at the table for hours before my mom would let her up. She started bringing her book bag to the dinner table with her. One day when mom was cleaning out the closet, sis's book bag fell off the top shelf and dried lima beans spilled out. Of course she got wise after that and sis found new ways of hiding the hated foods.

Ahhh...Ye Olde Book Bag Ploy!! the diligent student diversionary tactic...VERY clev-ah gull !!!

[potatovixen]

Allifunn, I can't wait to cook with you this summer! I think the biggest problem is going to be figuring out WHAT to cook... there are so many choices! yum yum.

[Allifunn]

Allifunn, I can't wait to cook with you this summer! I think the biggest problem is going to be figuring out WHAT to cook... there are so many choices! yum yum.

I have a whole list..... It will be FUNN!!!!!

[Paige]

for some reason my direct TV satellite will not pick up HGTV... But I can get the food network...so I have been watching food shows all week. I have printed at least 40 recipes....
Last night I cooked Spicy Asian BBQ chicken with Asian style slaw and took it over to Newfiegirl's house...it was really good!

Tonight I am making Grilled Tilapia with mango habanero BBQ sauce and cumin-lime green beans.....I love being off for the summer...I get to cook all the funn foods that I print out all year!
I can't wait to be in SoWal for the summer....dinner parties!!!!!

I can't find the asian BBQ Chicken with SLaw. I've been searching the foodnetwork for 20 minutes.

Where is it?

[Paige]

I can't find the asian BBQ Chicken with SLaw. I've been searching the foodnetwork for 20 minutes.

Where is it?

Wouldn't you know? 2 minutes after makiing the above post, I find it.

[Allifunn]

Wouldn't you know? 2 minutes after makiing the above post, I find it.

It was delish. I am not a big fan of 5 spice...so if you are not either...cut down on the amount.


Tonight I am trying a grilled sashimi tuna burger with soy glaze and my own made up lime, habanero, cilantro mayonaise.....I'll let everyone know how it turns out....

[Beach Runner]

Do any of you have a Cuisinart Griddler? I’m trying to use my new one, and the instructions are non-existent! The George Foreman grill came with exact temperatures and cooking times. All this “instruction” booklet says is to preheat on high, but doesn’t say how long to cook something or how long to cook it. All it says is to cook to an internal temperature of 170 degrees.

HELP, PLEASE!